title: A rare case of a 39 year old male with a parasite called Dioctophyma renale mimicking renal cancer at the computed tomography of the right kidney. A case report.
abstract: We present a very rare case of a 39 year old patient with Dioctophyma renale depicted as a Bosniak cyst IV of the right kidney who was finally subjected to a robotic assisted radical nephrectomy.
authors.affiliation: 1st University Urology Clinic Laiko Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. katafigiotis@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Katafigiotis
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fragkiadis
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pournaras
authors.forename: Afrodite
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nonni
authors.forename: Konstantinos G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Stravodimos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D017159:Dioctophymatoidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017189:Enoplida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
keywords: Bosniak cyst IV; Dioctophyma renale; Nematodes; Renal cancer; Renal cysts; Renal parasite